• The Department of Justice’s largest ever ‘Housing Discrimination’ case brought against former L.A. Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling

 

• $250 million settlement and $100 million settlement of 2 class actions involving sale of annuities to seniors

 

• $17.5 million settlement of auto accident resulting in 82 year old man being rendered a quadriplegic

 

• $10 million settlement in whistleblower retaliation case against one of the largest public education institutions in the country

 

• $70 million settlement of major professional liability claim​

 

• $10 million settlement in case brought by the L.A. City Attorney against major banks involving conflict over foreclosed properties

 

• Numerous settlements arising out of the largest roadway-tunnel mass collision in California history (the ‘In re I-5 litigation’)

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• $12.5 million settlement in a hybrid legal malpractice & insurance "bad faith" case

 

• $180 million settlement arising out of the 2007 San Diego wildfires

 

• $22.5 million settlement in brain damage case in Nevada​

 

• $60 million settlement paid by 2 insurance carriers in connection with judgment obtained against the municipality they insured

 

• $5.9 million settlement in Civil Rights action against a major city in California arising from policeman convicted of sex crimes while on duty

 

• $15 million settlement in a $15,000 Policy Limit "Lid-Off" case

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• $18 million settlement against a major city in California arising from a death and catastrophic injury case

 

• $185 million pregnancy discrimination verdict, settled for confidential amount

 

• $16.25 million settlement of environmental claims brought by approximately 1 dozen plaintiffs against a major utility

 

• $62 million settlement arising out of 8 people killed in one of the deadliest turnpike collisions in Oklahoma

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• Confidential settlements in 5 wrongful death cases arising out of a midair collision ​​

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• Confidential settlement in a hybrid entertainment/coverage matter involving 1 of the most famous basketball players in NBA history  

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Mr. Kaplan has also mediated scores of cases that started off with -- per the defense -- "astronomical" opening demands, that he was able to settle for small fractions of those demands. 

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Zoom Update: Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Mr. Kaplan has done hundreds of Zoom mediations.  In addition to settling numerous 6 and 7 figure cases, he has also achieved the following 8 and 9 figure settlements on catastrophic injury, wrongful death, professional liability, unfair competition, class action, mass tort, sex abuse and insurance cases --  ALL via Zoom mediations: $205 million; $120 million; $54.5 million; $50.1 million; $50 million; $45 million (on 2 separate cases); $40 million; $39.5 million (on 2 separate cases); $38 million; $35 million; $34.75 million; $31.675 million; $31 million (on 2 separate cases); $30 million; $26 million; $23.95 million; $23.75 million; $23 million; $20 million (on 2 separate cases); $19.85 million; $18 million; $17.5 million; $17.25 million (on 2 separate cases); $17 million; $16 million; $15 million (on 3 separate cases); $14.75 million; $12.75 million; $12.5 million; $11.75 million; $11.5 million; $11.25 million; $11 million (on 2 separate cases); $10.5 million; $10.3 million and $10 million (on 6 separate cases).